Chapter 65

Darius

I’d been watching from across the street.

Not stalking, though the thought of someone accusing me of that would almost make me laugh, but keeping an eye on things. Because I knew the failures that I had around me could not get the job done if I asked them to.

And mainly, because lately, Liam had been getting too close. Too comfortable. And today… today I got to see exactly how comfortable. I got to see how close he was with her, The idea of no one reporting back to me, Amelia hiding like the rat that she is in Selene, still trying to make her way.

I was furious and to say that I was seeing failure was not something that I liked.

They walked out of that café together, sunlight spilling around them like the damn universe had decided to frame the moment just to piss me off. Alaria had that soft look on her face, the kind she didn’t even realize she wore, and Liam had that self-assured, territorial air about him that made my blood run hotter w